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WashingtonSB 59752025-2026 Regular SessionSenate

Providing consumer access to safe cookware and interstate and international trade certainty in the regulation of lead in cookware.

Sponsored By: Paul Harris (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New lead limits for Washington cookware

The law takes effect June 11, 2026, and limits lead in aluminum or brass cookware, utensils, and parts. Covered cookware includes pots, pans, kettles, griddles, grills, and inner cooking pots for appliances. Aluminum or brass layers enclosed by stainless steel, plus specified appliance bodies and parts, are excluded. Beginning January 1, 2027, manufacturers cannot make, sell, offer, or distribute covered products in Washington with intentionally added lead. Lead from recycled materials does not count as intentionally added, but total-lead limits still apply. The 90-parts-per-million limit covers products made on or after January 1, 2026. Beginning January 1, 2028, the law specifies a 10-parts-per-million limit for covered products made on or after January 1, 2026. For pots, pans, and their parts made on or after January 1, 2030, the limit is 50 parts per million. For those made on or after January 1, 2034, the limit is 20 parts per million. These limits restrict manufacturers' production and distribution, and retailers' and wholesalers' knowing sales or offers for sale. Sellers are not liable for sales they did not know were restricted. Qualifying casual or isolated sales of used products and nonprofit sales are exempt. Ecology may exempt cookware or parts from the 2034 limit under adopted rules.

Cookware makers face reviews and reporting

Washington's Department of Ecology must review lead in cookware starting with the June 1, 2029, review cycle. This review also covers utensils and cookware parts. Ecology must decide regulatory actions by June 1, 2032, and adopt rules by June 1, 2033. It must set a lead limit of 20 parts per million or the lowest feasible and available level supported by data. It must consider wear, damage, disposal, and recycling over each product's life. Ecology may allow specific category exemptions when compliance is not feasible. It cannot set a limit above 20 parts per million for aluminum or brass pots, pans, or their parts. Conflicting decisions under its broader consumer-product authority replace the stated limits and may cover otherwise excluded cookware. Ecology must order manufacturers to provide lead-level data and make it public when practical. Manufacturers that fail to comply face penalties, with each product covered by an order counted as a separate offense. Ecology may publish guidance on covered products, lead testing, compliance, enforcement testing, and available technical help.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Paul Harris

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Annette Cleveland

    Democratic • Senate

  • Bob Hasegawa

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 175 • No: 19

Senate vote • 3/9/2026

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 47 • No: 2

House vote • 3/5/2026

Final Passage as Amended by the House

Yes: 86 • No: 10 • Other: 2

Senate vote • 2/17/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 42 • No: 7

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 6/11/2026.

    3/18/2026Senate

  2. Chapter 110, 2026 Laws.

    3/18/2026Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    3/18/2026legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    3/12/2026legislature

  5. Speaker signed.

    3/11/2026legislature

  6. President signed.

    3/10/2026legislature

  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    3/9/2026Senate

  8. Senate concurred in House amendments.

    3/9/2026House

  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    3/5/2026Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/5/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.

    3/5/2026Senate

  12. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    3/2/2026Senate

  13. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/25/2026Senate

  14. ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    2/24/2026Senate

  15. ENVI - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/24/2026Senate

  16. First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.

    2/19/2026Senate

  17. Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    2/17/2026Senate

  18. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/17/2026Senate

  19. Floor amendment(s) adopted.

    2/17/2026Senate

  20. 1st substitute bill substituted.

    2/17/2026Senate

  21. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    2/10/2026Senate

  22. WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment, Energy & Technology.

    2/9/2026Senate

  23. Minority; without recommendation.

    2/9/2026Senate

  24. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    2/9/2026Senate

  25. Referred to Ways & Means.

    2/4/2026Senate

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